“Empowering Young Voices for a Possible Pacific Worldâ€

In most communities across the globe, the idea of war is usually conceived by the old and ageing population. Paradoxically, those who effectively execute these ideas as combatants between the belligerents are the youths who have the strength to wage war as the protagonists. This paper examines the possibilities of transforming the mindsets of young people at a tender age. This is to ensure that as they grow to maturity, they would shone war, conflicts, and arm struggle. This has adversely affected the sustainable development of the African Continent in particular and the world at large. So, Can the mindsets of young people be really transformed to shone conflicts, war and confrontations in the world today? The paper is a critical and analytical content that shows the lacunae of arm struggle as a way out of conflict and underlines dialogue through transformation of the mindsets of young people as a sustainable modus operandi. Proper analysis of data drawn from primary and secondary sources will result in a continent of peacemakers who will establish peace structures manned by young voices from Think Tank Clubs created in our communities in collaboration with the Community Connectors for Peace, Traditional Authorities, Religious Leaders, Community Based Organizations, Civil Societies, and Community Elders. With these peace structures firmly rooted in our contemporary world with other groups quietly working to mitigate conflict with their people; peace building, reconciliatory measures and dialogue would prevail in all circumstances whereby discord may escalate. As such, there is cohesion and collaboration between Community Connectors for Peace, Local Government Authorities, Traditional Authorities, Community Elders, Civil Society Organizations, and Community Based Organizations. The emergence of Cooperatives engaged in Income Generating Activities and these Community Based Organizations championed by youths are obvious. Intensification of Communication through the social media animated by the young stars with nurtured mindsets in Citizenship Education, Peace Education, Civics and Moral Education will reduce radicalization of the young people and easy recruitment as combatants in case war- mongers start nursing ideas about confrontations. The culture and structures of peace created in each community in the world would lead to development and stability of the African continent and the world as a whole since the youths, who play the role of combatants between two belligerent Nations, would be against armed struggle perpetrated by war-mongers who are mostly the old and the ageing population. The youths at this stage already know that confrontations and war in a day can desecrate the environment and infrastructures build over centuries.